The Auburn University football team began its season Saturday by honoring the 13 American service members killed in the Kabul airport attacks.
The school reserved 13 seats for the game and embellished them with military hats and displays of those who died to help rescue American citizens and Afghan allies.
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“These men and women sacrificed so much for our country,” said Dan Heck, Auburn’s assistant athletic director of marketing. “We thought this is the least that we could do to sacrifice and honor those men and women who did so much for our country.”
Heck alluded to the “Auburn Creed,” which he said inspires a notion of patriotism in the school’s students and fans.
“In that creed, it talks about our country and freedom and why that’s important,” he told Fox News. “And our students — it’s something they strive for every day.”
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“We call it the Auburn family, and the Auburn family really has always come together to support our troops and our military,” he continued.
Auburn defeated the University of Akron 60-10 in front of a full-capacity crowd at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
